“In Nancy Garruba's two linked novels—True Noble and Lincoln at Mercy—readers are drawn into a world where language and memory coalesce to create a past that might or might not have ever existed. Set in Trenton NJ and Sicily, spanning almost one hundred years, these novels bring us into the intimate spaces of the Gemini and Cicero family homes, where we pull up a chair, and watch and listen, hoping the end comes none too soon.”

—Kevin McIlvoy, author of The Fifth Station, Hyssop, Little Peg, and The CompleteHistory of New Mexico

Alice. from Castelbuono, Jun 2005. It’s very simple here, Angela. I’m living in a tower that was built in 1266.

Angela. from Princeton, Jan 2005.I opened one of the boxes and found Nonnu Fabio’s portrait, in a large envelope ...

Angela. from the Jersey beach, 1957. Anyway, it’s all gone now. No grass, no hotel, nothing but beach and a few ...

Alice. from Castelbuono, Aug 2005.Linosaid that years ago he and theother falconer used the tower to train fledglings.